I really enjoyed this episode. I wish they had used Mustafar better, but up to that point there was nothing I disliked. I found it believable that the planet sensing was possible, sense they were getting stuff wrong as they did it.

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The torture scene was great! Bane even said "What are you going to do, torture me?" and you think, well, of course they won't. But then they do, and you can see Ashoka kind of wondering if it's right or not. I wish they had hit on it a little in the dialog, but maybe that will come later. Very interesting.

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The Indy tribute with Mace? Awesome! They pulled it off perfectly.

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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:35 am

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

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We're really going to use spoiler tags? Oh well...

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I didn't catch the Indy tribute with Mace, OMB. What was it?

And the torture scene was kind of nice in that it raised questions. It added a little bit of depth to the episode. The question of whether it was right or wrong? Plus the fact that Mace sort of walks the darkside and that this sort of thing illustrates how even he isn't so spotless of a Jedi.

Visually I liked the younglings. Even the Gungan baby. Though honestly I was kind of hoping the droids would escape with the younglings so Sidious could carry out his plans...poor me. I think I've fallen to the darkside

Bane's asteroid Base was pretty cool. Oh, was that the Indy tribute? I loved the laser traps. And the way Bane kept escaping from the Jedi, I liked that. In fact Bane is easily my favorite character now. So far everything they've done with his character has been favorable to me. I'm a satisfied fan.

Now with the Jedi locating the planets and targets, it did take them some time to sit down and have a meditation session. But it does make you wonder why Sidious was hiding that in the 'Cloak of the Darkside.' Did he forget to help Bane out, or was that out of his scope?

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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:37 am

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Pretty bad episode, every once in a while TCW falls into the trap of providing an episode where everything comes too easy. Bane is captured too easily (and that really bugs me since that's two weeks in a row now where we've seen someone who has taken out full fledged Jedi easily get taken out by Ahsoka as easy as pie. They are going out of their way to power her up, that is not the way to endear her to the fans), they find the children too easily, the mind trick was too easy, the action came too easily, everything about the episode was too easy.

In a way I loved the mind trick being like torture because it further proves how hypocritical the eternally corrupt Jedi Order is, but on other other hand it feels like overkill. It doesn't fit organically into the universe, it comes cross too much like the show going, "See this everyone, this is serious now, this isn't kiddie stuff." Couple that with the fact that every episode some Jedi is talking about revenge or showing anger that goes unchecked and this show is a field day for those of us who hate the Jedi Order and must be giving headaches to those who still try to defend the Order as some sort of peaceful organization that actually has beliefs they follow all the time and not just when it best suits their needs.

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Skuldren: I'm using spoiler warning because I know quite a few people on here that haven't watched the show yet.

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The Indy tribute was when Mace rolled under the door to escape the space station, and nearly lost his lightsaber on the other side. He used the Force to pull it in just as the door closed, much like Indy grabbing his fedora just as the door closed in Temple of Doom.

Skuldren: I'm using spoiler warning because I know quite a few people on here that haven't watched the show yet.

I being one of them, am surprised how many of us missed it. No wonder they want to go to Mondays. But for me I'm watching the show either way and read the spoilers anyway.

Though I too must say Bane is the BEST thing to come out to TWCAS thus far!!!_________________-Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don't give a damn. None shall pass.
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Sounds like when he pulled his whip out from under the door in RotLA, too.

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So I only caught the last 10 minutes so far....._________________-Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don't give a damn. None shall pass.
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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:31 am

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You know, that one scene was full on Indy tributes...

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You got the booby trapped room, the holocron up on a pedestal like the gold idol, Mace sliding under the door and snatching his lightsaber, and Bane pulling a double cross and escaping...course he didn't get speared like that one guy did.

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You got the booby trapped room, the holocron up on a pedestal like the gold idol, Mace sliding under the door and snatching his lightsaber, and Bane pulling a double cross and escaping...course he didn't get speared like that one guy did.

Yeah I saw a few tributes- must have been the whole scene! _________________-Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don't give a damn. None shall pass.
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